Vulnerability Research

December 11, 2019

THREAT RESEARCH

Talos Vulnerability Discovery Year in Review – 2019

Introduction Cisco Talos’ Systems Security Research Team investigates software, operating system, IOT and ICS vulnerabilities in order to discover them before malicious threat actors do. We provide this information to the affected vendors so that they can create patches and protect their custo…

October 30, 2018

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Talos Vulnerability Discovery Year in Review – 2018

Introduction Cisco Talos’ Vulnerability Discovery Team investigates software and operating system vulnerabilities in order to discover them before malicious threat actors. We provide this information to vendors so that they can create patches and protect their customers as soon as possible. We…

October 9, 2018

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Vulnerability in the Intel Unified Shader compiler for the Intel Graphics Accelerator

Vulnerabilities discovered by Piotr Bania of Cisco Talos Talos is disclosing a pointer corruption vulnerability in the Intel Unified Shader compiler for the Intel Graphics Accelerator. OVERVIEW In order for the graphics to be produced, the graphics accelerators need to process the OpenGL scripts int…

October 2, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Collab reviewServer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Today, Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerability within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a big user base, is usually a default PDF reader on systems and integrat…

July 19, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Foxit PDF Reader JavaScript Remote Code Execution Vulns

Overview Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos. Talos is disclosing a pair of vulnerabilities in Foxit PDF Reader. Foxit PDF Reader is a popular free program for viewing, creating, and editing PDF documents. It is commonly used as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader and has a widely use…

July 19, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Vulnerabilities in ACD Systems Canvas Draw 4

These vulnerabilities were discovered by Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos Today, Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities that have been identified in Canvas Draw graphics editing tool for Macs. Canvas Draw 4 is a graphics editing tool used to create and edit images, as well as other graphic-related ma…

July 11, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Computerinsel Photoline Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities discovered by Tyler Bohan from Talos Overview Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities within Computerinsel PhotoLine. Photoline is an image processing tool used to modify and edit images, as well as other graphic-related material. This product has a large user base a…

July 10, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Antenna House Vulnerabilities

Discovered by Marcin Noga of Cisco Talos Overview Cisco Talos has identified six vulnerabilities in the Antenna House Office Server Document Converter (OSDC). These vulnerabilities can be used to remotely execute code on a vulnerable system. Antenna House Office Server Document Converter is a produc…

July 10, 2018

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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple Adobe Acrobat DC Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilties

Discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos Overview Today, Talos is releasing details of a new vulnerabilities within Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most popular and most feature-rich PDF reader. It has a big user base, is usually a default PDF reader on systems and integr…